according to The Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer, PAGE 156; section: The Complete Guitarist
"If you want to become an accomplished, all-around guitar player, you should be thinking about improvement in THREE DIRECTIONS, namely, TECHNIQUE, THEORY, and TASTE
.. Technique is the mechanical part of guitar playing. it is essentially all about getting your fingers to do what you want them to do, it is partly a question of developing coordination, strength, and independent finger movement in your hands, and partly of memorizing chord shapes and fingering patterns.. Ultimately, what you are aiming for is the ability to hit the notes you want when you want them, without "FLUFFING" them and without losing your timing, This is what is generally called "finger memory" simple repetition is the key to acquiring it..
THEORY is the intellectual part of guitar playing..it is all about understanding music and how it works..all guitarists pick up some theory as they go along-even if they don't think of it in those terms..in many areas of music theory, intellect overlaps with instinct.. AS YOUR MUSICAL EAR develops, you will get an INSTICTIVE feeling for what will sound right and WHAT WILL NOT..ALL MUSIC THEORY can be considered as a method of simply analyzing what YOUR EAR TELLS YOU is or IS NOT correct..
TASTE: is the most difficult aspect of guitar playing to define.. It is all about what you CHOOSE to play..ther are no guidelines other than the importance of developing a feel for what OTHER musicians in the band are playing and for what will SOUND APPROPRIATE in context..you should aim to THINK about your role as a guitarist, and LISTEN CRITICALLY to whether what you are PLAYING WORKS!!!! end quote
Srila Prabhupada once said:
Therefore, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that this is the incarnation of God in this age. And who worships Him? The process is very simple. Just keep a picture of Lord Chaitanya with His associates.
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